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Word: bonannos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...began as a bootlegger in Brooklyn at 21 and by 24 was a gunrunner for Al Capone. He dispatched his duties so well that in 1931 Sicilian-born Joseph Bonanno was anointed a don-at 26, the youngest godfather in the nation. For the next three decades, "Joe Bananas" ruthlessly ran a New York City crime family that specialized in gambling, labor racketeering, loan sharking and narcotics. In 1966 he supposedly retired to a modest ranch house in Tucson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Luck Ran Out | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

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